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MWC: Nortel takes a closer look at EDGE
BARCELONA--While the rest of the Mobile World Congress did back flips for the latest radio access craze, Long Term Evolution, Nortel Networks was talking 2G. The vendor is proposing that operators take another look at the EDGE networks of yesteryear, and specifically buy its new software upgrade to the GSM base station, Evolved EDGE...
MWC: Linux platforms battle for attention
BARCELONA--Android prototypes dominated the Linux hype at the Mobile World Congress, but Google’s pet operating system wasn’t the only Linux platform to debut at annual GSM event...
MWC: WiMAX Forum to certify at 700 MHz
BARCELONA--The WiMAX Forum today said it would include 700 MHz in its future certification profiles, creating a new opening for WiMAX vendors to sell their gear. With the forum officially pursuing 700 MHz, the stage may be set for a showdown between WiMAX and Long Term Evolution as both technologies are now targeted squarely at the spectrum...
MWC: Alcatel-Lucent, NEC form LTE venture
BARCELONA--Alcatel-Lucent and NEC are creating an joint venture focused solely on Long Term Evolution in a bid to bring the 4G technology to market as quickly as possible. The partnership, announced here at the Mobile World Congress, has been running on silent for the last six months, and has already defined an LTE base station design the two plan to begin production of this year...
MWC: Mobile TV gets a mixed report card
BARCELONA--Despite positive growth, many early adopters give up on mobile TV...
MWC: LTE on the brain at GSM World
BARCELONA--Long Term Evolution is the new rage at Mobile World Congress, the latest incarnation of the GSM Association´s annual European extravaganza. While 3G and mobile data services have dominated the GSM event in the past, 4G has definitely come to the fore with all of the major vendors offering at least some kind of demo of LTE...
MWC: Software companies align for mobile marketing push
Mobile advertising is slowly moving from an untapped source of revenue to a value-added service for customers and carriers alike. To expedite the process, the Mobile Advertising Alliance, an association of mobile software companies, was announced in advance of Mobile World Congress next week in Barcelona...
COMMENTARY
MWC: Fighting the good fight, but is it the right fight?
BARCELONA--The GSM Association has always been an activist organization. It pushes all sorts of industry initiatives from pushing 3G connectivity in laptops to launching Third World wireless penetration projects to producing short films for the mobile phone. The association is always on the lookout for a way to make wireless more prevalent, useful and ultimately more profitable for its carrier clientele...
Scavenger Hunt: Barcelona
BARCELONA--If you’re reading this from somewhere other than Barcelona, there are only three possible explanations. (1) You’re not in the wireless industry; good for you. (2) You are in wireless, but following the show from afar; good for you. (3) You missed the memo about 3GSM changing its name to Mobile World Congress (MWC); you might want to start looking for a new job...
TELEPHONY UNFILTERED BLOG
MWC: MSFT eyes mobile model for computing
BARCELONA–Microsoft has struck a deal with Russia’s MTS for the bundling of a laptop lease and wireless data subscription into one monthly bundle. Oddly enough that deal seems very similar to the way the cellular industry works...
MWC: MEMS the word
BARCELONA–You never would have figured Qualcomm would have been so proud of a tiny one-inch black-and-white screen, but the that’s just what the chipset maker was showing off at the Mobile World Congress. The Hisense C108 is the first phone using display technoloy from Qualcomm’s MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) subsidiary...
MWC: New alliances, new enemies
Are the technology wars over? Today at the Mobile World Congress (formerly 3GSM World) GSMA CEO Rob Conway officially welcomed CDMA operator Verizon Wireless into the fold. During his keynote today, Conway said the GSMA would “reach out to include the Verizons of world” because as operators we have so much in common, whether we run GSM or CDMA networks. Apparently the wireless world is now unified...
